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Top 15 Snorkeling in Bora Bora

33 tours  ·  from $106 a head

This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 15 snorkeling in Bora Bora worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.

Reef Discovery Half Day Group Signature Tour - The manta ray station comes first
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Reef Discovery Half Day Group Signature Tour

1.Reef Discovery Half Day Group Signature Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 968 reviews · from $143Our pick

Spend about three and a half hours on Bora Bora’s lagoon with a maximum of eight participants. Reef Discovery guides such as Umi, Niko, Noé, Fabien, and Kevin lead beginners and confident swimmers to manta ray stations, coral gardens, eagle ray areas, and shallow waters with reef sharks and stingrays. Pickup, towels, equipment, and refreshments are included.

“Very professional. The guide was extremely nice and respectful of the fauna and flora. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see manta rays but that happens. We saw other rays and sharks”

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Half day Snorkeling Shared Boat Tour in Bora Bora - A small boat changes the whole experience
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Half day Snorkeling Shared Boat Tour in Bora Bora

2.Half day Snorkeling Shared Boat Tour in Bora Bora

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 688 reviews · from $130

Spend 3.5 hours with H2O Bora Bora visiting three or four snorkeling sites chosen for the day’s conditions. Guides such as Matt, Vincent, Wilson, and Rudolph lead small groups of up to seven to manta and eagle ray areas, a lively coral garden, and other lagoon spots. Boat pickup is offered, and the tour ends back at the meeting point.

“Fantastic Trip! Guide was great! He put us right on top of the eagle rays and manta rays. He was very friendly and knowledgeable ! Boat was clean and very comfortable.”

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Full-Day Bora Bora Lagoon Cruise Including Snorkeling with Sharks and Stingrays - Manta rays, eagle rays, and the open lagoon
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Full-Day Bora Bora Lagoon Cruise Including Snorkeling with Sharks and Stingrays

3.Full-Day Bora Bora Lagoon Cruise Including Snorkeling with Sharks and Stingrays

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 630 reviews · from $158

Spend about six hours on Bora Bora’s lagoon with a local crew such as Manu, Ari, or Moana. Swim with stingrays and black-tip reef sharks, search for manta and eagle rays, snorkel above coral gardens, then eat a barbecue lunch on a private motu with coconut demonstrations, music, and wide island views. Hotel and port pickup are included.

“The tour stopped at the same snorkelling spots as several others and so it was rather crowded in the water and we also felt rather rushed, given that as soon as we reached the motu for lunch we had far too much time there with no snorkelling or anything else afterwards. There was a parao-making demo and coconut opening but we'd rather have spent more time in the water. The vibe wasn't really there on the boat compared with other tours we'd done on other islands. There was a lot of confusion with people being added to and removed from the group and the guide seemed somewhat nervous. There was…”

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Bora Bora Eco Snorkel Cruise Including Snorkeling with Sharks and Stingrays - What the Guides Add to the Lagoon Experience
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Bora Bora Eco Snorkel Cruise Including Snorkeling with Sharks and Stingrays

4.Bora Bora Eco Snorkel Cruise Including Snorkeling with Sharks and Stingrays

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 501 reviews · from $118

Spend about two and a half hours with Moana Adventure Tours exploring Bora Bora’s lagoon. Guides such as Manu, Tema, Tane, and Captain T help you find blacktip sharks, stingrays, manta rays, and reef fish before leading you through a colorful coral garden. The group is limited to 12, with equipment, water, and select hotel pickup included.

“It was a great experience to be close to the sharks and stingrays. I would recommend this to anyone.”

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Bora Bora Jet Ski Tour, & Eco Shark / Ray Snorkel Cruise - The jet ski ride around Bora Bora’s lagoon
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Bora Bora Jet Ski Tour, & Eco Shark / Ray Snorkel Cruise

5.Bora Bora Jet Ski Tour, & Eco Shark / Ray Snorkel Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 376 reviews · from $323

Spend about six and a half hours on Bora Bora’s lagoon, combining a guided jet ski ride with shark, stingray, fish, and coral-garden snorkeling. Guides such as Tema, Marama, Tarepa, and Ali have been praised for making guests feel safe and engaged. Lunch, gear, water, hotel transfers, and a small group of up to eight are included.

“Amazing guide, top of the line jet skis, felt like we fully got our money's worth. We enjoyed the rides, the tours, and the friendly staff”

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Bora Bora Combo Tour: Lagoon Cruise and 4WD Tour Including Snorkeling - Lunch on a motu is part of the experience
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Bora Bora Combo Tour: Lagoon Cruise and 4WD Tour Including Snorkeling

6.Bora Bora Combo Tour: Lagoon Cruise and 4WD Tour Including Snorkeling

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 200 reviews · from $213

Spend about eight hours seeing Bora Bora from land and sea. Guides such as Manu, Matu, and Ari lead open-air 4WD trips to island viewpoints, then take you to stingrays, black-tip reef sharks, and coral gardens. Lunch is served locally, sometimes on a family motu, with hotel or Vaitape Pier pickup included.

“It was wonderful! I can’t swim but the guides were so supportive and helped me overcome my fears during the snorkeling! They were all nice and informative. The lunch was amazing.”

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Bora Bora Snorkel Cruise by Polynesian Outrigger Canoe with BBQ Island Lunch - Swimming with black-tip sharks and stingrays
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Bora Bora Snorkel Cruise by Polynesian Outrigger Canoe with BBQ Island Lunch

7.Bora Bora Snorkel Cruise by Polynesian Outrigger Canoe with BBQ Island Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 195 reviews · from $296

Spend six hours circling Bora Bora’s lagoon by motorized Polynesian outrigger canoe. Guides such as Sam, Jean, Ruma, and Tarepa lead stops for coral gardens, black-tip sharks, stingrays, manta rays, and tropical fish, followed by a BBQ lunch, drinks, music, and beach time on a small motu.

“The boat was very nice. Our guide did not keep track of where we were and spent too much time socializing with other guides. He was going to quit after lunch, but we told him we wanted more snorkeling. I did not feel he made any effort to look for mantas. The lunch was very nice.”

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Half-Day Small-Group Cruise in Bora Bora with Snorkelling - Stop two: black-tip reef sharks in blue water
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Half-Day Small-Group Cruise in Bora Bora with Snorkelling

8.Half-Day Small-Group Cruise in Bora Bora with Snorkelling

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 172 reviews · from $142

Spend about four hours on Bora Bora’s lagoon with a group of no more than 12. Lagoon Service provides snorkel gear, life jackets, towels, and guides such as Tau, Arii, Mike, and Rony. Expect three water stops, often including stingrays, black-tip reef sharks, and coral gardens, plus island stories, music, and light refreshments.

“Our guide, Mana, was fantastic. He provided great information, he was funny, he played the ukkalale and sang beautifully. The snorkeling was great - beautiful coral and tropical fish, swarms of sharks and we got to hold a stingray too! It was amazing.”

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LUXURY Catamaran Bora Bora : Sailing, Snorkeling & Floating Bar - Sailing past Mount Otemanu and the lagoon views
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LUXURY Catamaran Bora Bora : Sailing, Snorkeling & Floating Bar

9.LUXURY Catamaran Bora Bora : Sailing, Snorkeling & Floating Bar

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 157 reviews · from $327

Spend four hours aboard the 40-foot Vitamin Sea catamaran, sailing Bora Bora’s lagoon with a small group of up to eight. Swim at a private coral garden, spot reef fish and eagle rays, enjoy drinks at a floating bar, and see Mount Otemanu from the water. Hotel pickup, drop-off, drinks, and a guide are included.

“Great sailing! Great crew! Beautiful day. Too rough to snorkel but the rum flowed and we had lots of laughs while we enjoyed the beautiful scenery!”

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Bora Bora: Eco Shark and Snorkeling Safari - Stop one: black-tip reef sharks and stingrays
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Bora Bora: Eco Shark and Snorkeling Safari

10.Eco Shark and Snorkeling Safari

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 156 reviews · 2h 30m · from $112Best value

Join Moana Adventure Tours for an afternoon motorboat trip across Bora Bora’s lagoon. With guides such as Will, Marama and Ruma, you’ll make several snorkeling stops for black-tip reef sharks, stingrays, eagle rays, moray eels and a colorful coral garden. Equipment and hotel pickup are included, but food and drinks are not.

“Great experience, very helpful guide, beautiful views and interaction with the fish, sharks, and stingrays! Highly recommend!”

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Reef Discovery Private Half Day Lagoon Tour - Captain Fabian and the small touches on board
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Reef Discovery Private Half Day Lagoon Tour

11.Reef Discovery Private Half Day Lagoon Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 126 reviews

Set out with Reef Discovery for a private 2 to 4-hour Bora Bora lagoon trip, with hotel or port pickup, a clean boat, drinks, coconut bread, and four snorkeling stops. Captain Fabian may guide your group to manta rays, eagle rays, a coral garden, and a natural aquarium filled with tropical fish.

“Did the private 1/2 day lagoon tour. Fabian our captain was awesome. Boat was super clean, included non-alcoholic beverages. The coconut bread was to die for. So good, trying to get the recipe. Fabian showed us multiple terrific snorkeRead more”

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Bora Bora Full Day Snorkeling with Lunch - Coral Gardens: the strongest snorkeling stop
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Bora Bora Full Day Snorkeling with Lunch

12.Bora Bora Full Day Snorkeling with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 118 reviews · from $153

Spend seven hours exploring Bora Bora’s lagoon with guides such as Chris, Jeff, Geff, or Jazzy. Swim near manta rays, stingrays, eagle rays, reef sharks, and colorful fish, then eat a Tahitian lunch on Motu Fanfan. The small-group boat holds up to 12 people, though the motu can become busier later in the day.

“We went there for two days.Fortunately, we saw manta every day. We couldn't swim. The captain pulled us with a lifebuoy to see it. It was highly recommended.It was suitable for anyone, whether they could swim or not.”

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Bora Bora: Full-Day Lagoon Snorkelling Tour - The circle-island boat ride
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Bora Bora: Full-Day Lagoon Snorkelling Tour

13.Full-Day Lagoon Snorkelling Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 112 reviews · 7 hours · from $142

Spend seven hours circling Bora Bora by boat, swimming with rays and black-tip sharks, snorkeling coral gardens, and enjoying a barbecue on a motu. English-speaking guides such as Manu, Ari, Maui, and Mata Nono lead the day, with gear, towels, water, and lunch included.

“Manu was absolutely amazing! He was a great guide. He even found an octopus for me! Ari was a great captain and helped a girl on our boat get into the water to float about to see the manta rays and coral garden. It was a lovely experience!”

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Bora Bora Lagoon Snorkeling Tour by Private Boat - Coral gardens: the most colorful stop
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Bora Bora Lagoon Snorkeling Tour by Private Boat

14.Bora Bora Lagoon Snorkeling Tour by Private Boat

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 105 reviews

Spend about 3.5 hours on a private boat with a guide such as Hiro, Rudolph, Wilson, or Taki, visiting four or five Bora Bora snorkeling sites. Look for manta rays, eagle rays, sharks, moray eels, turtles, and colorful reef fish. Your guide sets the pace, provides gear and towels, and can collect you from your hotel dock.

“Hiro was a HERO! He picked us up at time at the location of our choice (Bora Bora Beach Club) and we boarded the sleek, comfortable boat with shade cover. He went over some details and whished us off to our visit snorkel stop, Coral Gardens. This was incredible! He led us through the Gardens and pointed out different fish and whatnot. We had recently been to Opal Reef at the Great Barrier reef and felt that this was even better. We then went to an area where Hiro had seen Manta Rays earlier and SURE ENOUGH, we saw two. One even did the feeding loop de loop under us.…”

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Bora Bora 4WD Tour & Eco Shark & Ray Snorkel Cruise - Riding Bora Bora’s steep interior in an open 4WD
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Bora Bora 4WD Tour & Eco Shark & Ray Snorkel Cruise

15.Bora Bora 4WD Tour & Eco Shark & Ray Snorkel Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 94 reviews · from $260

Spend about seven hours seeing Bora Bora by open-air 4WD, stopping at World War II sites and high viewpoints, then eating at Bloody Mary’s before snorkeling with black-tip reef sharks, stingrays, and reef fish. Guides may include Jean, Santiago, Sam, or Toiki. Pickup is available from hotels and Vaitape Pier.

“This was my favorite excursion that we did on Bora Bora. Coral Gardens were gorgeous. Atmosphere & food at bloody Mary’s were perfection. 4WD tour had beautiful views.”

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